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Kiersten's birthday party was today at a candy store in the supermall called, Kid's Korner. We were all sad that Ben didn't get to be here for it, but I found another reason to miss him today as my mom and I tried to carry a heavy cake, plus all of our extra stuff for the party, while dragging the girls along side us. I can't wait to get my packhorse back :) As soon as we were shown into the party area, Evie insisted on putting on a party hat. There were 3 or 4 different designs, and all the kids switched and swapped hats the rest of the time.
the kids had lots of fun with this pin the tail on the donkey. Kiersten really wanted to pose with it so daddy would see. the kids wanted to play over and over, which was okay since we were waiting quite a while at the beginning for the party person to come back there.
Mom enjoying the festivities
Sweet Karalee. She really took it on herself to make sure Kiersten was the center of attention, and everyone was having fun. She kept asking the other kids, "what is your favorite part of the party so far?"
Each of the kids got to choose an animal to stuff. Kiersten got a panda (or as she calls them, a bamboo bear). I was surprised, because she already has a stuffed panda on her bed at home. But apparently that one is a boy, and her new one is a girl. She named it "Beautiful Princess". the party helper couldn't write it on the birth certificate without laughing.
These 2 little guys both picked out T-Rexes. There was a lot of growling, and smaller animals being chased or eaten, or attacked.
Evie didn't weigh enough to make the machine work, so the party guy would step on it every time she poked it with her finger. She really thought she was doing it. After she had come back over to me, thinking it was finished, he decided it needed more fluff, and she booked it back over to poke the pedal for him. She picked out a pink bunny, and named it, "mine bunny"
Kara chose a cat and named it "cute eyes Pip squeak Miller". 
Kiersten got to wear this birthday cake hat, which was way too huge, and she got to keep it, so we can use it again when our kids heads get bigger. She wouldn't wear it very long, because she thought it was messing up her curls.
Here comes the cake. It was kind of heavy.
She chose 4 individual candles instead of the #4 candle. She was proud to have blown them all out in one try.
opening her gifts. She made sure to thank everyone at least twice.
I wanted to take a group picture, but Zach didn't want his picture taken, and Evie was trying to not get tired, and therefore running around like a maniac. so I got a picture of the rest.
After the picture, they all got outfits for their animals, and a free bag of cotton candy to take home, though most of them had it eaten by the time they were out of the store. They also got little backpacks with playdough and a few small toys. I think it was a successful party.
First, a few pictures of the girls enjoying Kiersten's polka dot cake on Friday night after dinner.
We just invited a few friends to Kiersten's birthday at Godfather's pizza. It was a fun little party, and so easy to plan.
Kiersten absolutely loved her birthday cake! And it ended up tasting really good too. I knew she wouldn't keep a party hat on for long, so I got her a birthday badge to wear. She was so proud of it.
Ben let her eat way too much candy. I started getting kind of annoyed, but I know he wouldn't let her have enough to get sick or anything.
There is an arcade area in this godfather's. Kara loved this racing game. We still had a big bag of quarters from last year's easter egg hunt, so we brought those along. All the kids played tons of games, and we still have about half of the quarters left.
I think all the kids had a good time
This candy crane game must have had a bunch of extra quarters in it. At first, it just kept giving the kids more and more turns. Every time they pushed the button, it would go again without even putting their quarter in. After about 10 free turns, it finally stopped doing it, but we ended up with tons of free candy.
A large party didn't show up, so they gave us the large, secluded section. I was glad because the original area we had reserved was just enough tables for all of us to sit and eat, but we wouldn't have had extra room for gifts, cake, etc. It was nice to have this whole big area to spread out.
She wore a party hat for a minute or two this year. I love her party dress, but Ben was not a fan of the bubble skirt.
opening gifts!
this toy was a big hit with all the kids!
My Kiersten baby is 2 years old today! Ben likes to get their picture as they come downstairs in the morning. 
She was thrilled to find all these presents waiting for her. We let her open most of them, but we saved 2 from us and the one from Kara for her birthday party tomorrow.
she loved the hanging balloons. Funny note; these are the same balloons from Kara's birthday in January. They never deflated, so I just re-used them. Of course she had most of the balloons down and the streamers too, by lunch time.
This was my first time using newspaper to wrap a gift. I've seen it done a lot, but I've never been inclined to do it before now. I got burned out on wrapping gifts late last night, and I did this first thing this morning before she woke up.
She was so happy to open the gifts! We had her open the new chair first, so she could sit in it to open the rest. She loves this chair!
She loves Nick Jr., so we got her a 3 pack DVD. She has wanted to watch the same one 3 times today. I let her since it is her birthday and also because I was busy with making cakes. There are 5 or 6 shows on each disc, but she wanted to watch the same one over and over, silly girl.
opening her new laptop. now she wont have to fight with Kara over the other one. Kara's is a little advanced for her anyway, and I thought she would have more fun with this one for younger toddlers.
She looks funny in this one, because she was excitedly telling me that it had bubbles. I caught this just as she was pronouncing the "s".
she loves the laptop! I knew she would because she played with it in the shopping cart when I bought it. I am not very sneaky or secretive, but I'll have to get better about it now that they're getting older.
I offered her anything she wanted for breakfast, and she chose cereal, of all things.
She is always jealous of Kara's apron and hat, so she got one of her own. She got to wear it to help me bake her birthday cake.
posing with all of her gifts so far. She will be getting a few more fun toys tomorrow at her party. She got to open all of the clothes, and gifts from granparents, aunts, and uncles, and some of the toys we got her.
She got this baby pony from Grandpa and Grandma Boot. So far today it has been her favorite new toy. She calls it "cute pony" and is feeding it constantly. I have already had to help her diaper it twice. I have seen these and wanted to get her one for a while, so I'm glad she finally has one.
watching her new movie in her own chair. It even rocks.
Toys R us has these "birthday" Barbies for $3. So both girls got one. It wasn't wrapped as a birthday gift, but she saw it and wanted it opened. I'm surprised how much she likes barbies. Kara never had them at this age, because I didn't think she would like them that much. but it's one of their favorite things to play with.
I made Kiersten a Wow wow Wubbzy cake this year. It wasn't very hard to carve it out, but my wrist was killing me by the time I was done icing it. I think it turned out pretty cute. Kiersten recognized it as Wubbzy as soon as I had it carved and the first layer of yellow frosting on. She got more and more excited as he started coming together. I had enough cake left over to make a birdy-bird, but by the time I was done with Wubbzy, I just wanted to be done. she keeps asking, "where's Widget?" (one of the other characters from the show) I just laugh and tell her there is no way I'm making a Widget cake too.
Here's what he is supposed to look like if you don't know. I picked him because he is Kiersten's favorite character, and because I figured he would be simple enough. Basic shape, and not too many colors.
I started working on cakes as soon as Ben and Kara left this morning. I didn't finish til 1pm. Luckily, we had leftover sandwiches from Jimmy John's to eat for lunch, so that was easy.
I used the left over cake to make a cake for Kiersten to have tonight after dinner. I tried fondant again, and it went much smoother this time. I still hate how much of a mess it makes, but I worked as clean as possible. I know the board is messy, but I'm pretty happy with it. And I have to say, kneading the fondant makes all the difference. I skipped that last time, because I thought it was a waste of time, but it made everything much easier. It took forever to color the pink and purple fondant, though. And of course my hands are totally stained, but it was still fun.
the kids had lots of fun with this pin the tail on the donkey. Kiersten really wanted to pose with it so daddy would see. the kids wanted to play over and over, which was okay since we were waiting quite a while at the beginning for the party person to come back there.
Mom enjoying the festivities
Sweet Karalee. She really took it on herself to make sure Kiersten was the center of attention, and everyone was having fun. She kept asking the other kids, "what is your favorite part of the party so far?"
Each of the kids got to choose an animal to stuff. Kiersten got a panda (or as she calls them, a bamboo bear). I was surprised, because she already has a stuffed panda on her bed at home. But apparently that one is a boy, and her new one is a girl. She named it "Beautiful Princess". the party helper couldn't write it on the birth certificate without laughing.
These 2 little guys both picked out T-Rexes. There was a lot of growling, and smaller animals being chased or eaten, or attacked.
Evie didn't weigh enough to make the machine work, so the party guy would step on it every time she poked it with her finger. She really thought she was doing it. After she had come back over to me, thinking it was finished, he decided it needed more fluff, and she booked it back over to poke the pedal for him. She picked out a pink bunny, and named it, "mine bunny"
Kara chose a cat and named it "cute eyes Pip squeak Miller". 
Kiersten got to wear this birthday cake hat, which was way too huge, and she got to keep it, so we can use it again when our kids heads get bigger. She wouldn't wear it very long, because she thought it was messing up her curls.
Here comes the cake. It was kind of heavy.
She chose 4 individual candles instead of the #4 candle. She was proud to have blown them all out in one try.
opening her gifts. She made sure to thank everyone at least twice.
I wanted to take a group picture, but Zach didn't want his picture taken, and Evie was trying to not get tired, and therefore running around like a maniac. so I got a picture of the rest.
